Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 9 April 2014 — Rouffaud v EEAS
(Case F-59/13) 1
(Civil Service — Auxiliary member of contract staff — Reclassification of the contract — Pre-litigation procedure — Rule that the complaint must be consistent with the action — Amendment of the grounds of challenge in the case)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Thierry Rouffaud (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented initially by: A. Coolen, É. Marchal, S. Orlandi and D. Abreu Caldas, and subsequently by: S. Orlandi and D. Abreu Caldas, lawyers)
Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt and M. Silva, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision rejecting the applicant’s application to have his successive fixed-term employment contracts reclassified as a contract of indefinite duration and to have his period completed as an auxiliary member of the contract staff recognised as a period of service completed as a member of the contract staff.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Rouffard to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European External Action Service.
________________________1 OJ C 233, 10.8.2013, p. 14.